The body of missing 3-year-old Mariah Woods was found Saturday, after authorities in North Carolina arrested the girl's mother's live-in boyfriend and charged him with concealing death and other offenses.

Officials said a dive team member found the little girl's body around 5:30 p.m. in waters in a remote part of Pender County, WCTI reported.

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The Onslow County Sheriff's Office and the FBI detained 32-year-old Earl Kimery Friday in connection with the disappearance of the toddler, WRAL reported. He's accused of "removing Mariah Woods' body from the scene of her death" and concealing "Mariah Woods' death and body, knowing that Mariah died from unnatural causes. The defendant acted with deceit and intent to fraud," Kimery's arrest warrant states.

Authorities have not yet found Mariah Woods, but have uncovered evidence that have led them to believe she is dead.

The Sheriff's office said in a statement Saturday morning that collected evidence suggested Mariah was dead.

"At this time, the location of Mariah is unknown," the statement said. "The searches now will shift to a recovery process."

Earl Kimrey, 32, was arrested and charged with concealing of death, bstruction of Justice, 2nd Degree Burglary, Felony Larceny, and Possession of Stolen Property. Kimrey is the boyfriend of the mother of 3-year-old Mariah Woods, who is believed to be dead. (Police Photo)

Authorities issued an Amber Alert for Mariah on Monday, the same day her mother, Kristy Woods, reported her missing. Woods told authorities she put her daughter to bed Sunday evening and woke up to find her gone.

Mariah's disappearance sparked a massive search effort, with investigators and volunteers from the community coming together to search for the missing toddler.

Sheriff Hans Miller said during a press conference Friday that he had "a long conversation" with one of Mariah's family members and that "they are cooperating."

Kimery was also charged with obstruction of justice, second-degree burglary, larceny and possession of stolen property. According to state records obtained by WRAL, Kimery has previously been charged with larceny, assault and drunk and disorderly conduct.

State Troopers close one lane of U.S. 17 at the Southwest Creek Bridge as search teams look in waterways for three-year-old Mariah Woods in Jacksonville, N.C., Friday morning, Dec. 1, 2017. (Gray Whitley/AP)

Mariah's mother is divorced from the girl's father, Alex Woods, who said that while his daughter is with her mother his weeks are "like hell, like a nightmare."

"Somebody just walks right in there, grabs a 3-year-old out of the bed, she didn't cry, she didn't scream?" he told WTVR ahead of Kimery's arrest. "Nobody heard nothing? Four people in the house, two adults and two babies and somebody just comes, snatches the baby up and walks out?"

Kimery is being held in the Onslow County Detention Center in lieu of a $1,010,000 bond.